Submitted By: Jim Piechorowski

Clarence E. McMinn

August 17, 1918 to June 27, 1990

South Bend Tribune

Families Mentioned: McMinn, Piechorowski, Csicsko, Policastro, Corbitt, Drake,  Gilsinger

Clarence E. McMinn age 71, of 17752 Darden Rd. died about 428 a.m. Wednesday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Mr. McMinn was a retired shoe Salesman for Robertsons Department Store after 25 years of employment. He was born in Peru, Indiana and had lived in Michiana all his life. On December 25, 1942, in South Bend, Indiana, he married the former Anne Piechorowski who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Barbara Csicsko of Fort Wayne and Dr. Margaret Policastro of Chicago; two sons Paul of South Bend and Robert of Indianapolis; six grandchildren; and four sisters Stella Corbitt and Jenie Drake both of Hendersonville, N.C., LeeNora Gilsinger of Winamac and Clara Jane Reece   of Peru. He was a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus Santa Marta Council and Father J.A. Nieuwland Assembly of the Knights of Columbus. He was a veteran of WW II.   

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Church. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, where American Legion Pulaski Post 367 will conduct a military service. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 Friday at the Kaniewski Funeral Home, where a wake will be conducted by the Knights of Columbus Santa Marta Council 553 and the parish. Memorial Contributions may be made to the church or Christ Child Society.